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The
2004 Award
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Judgement
Rock by Joanna
Murray-Smith |
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ABOUT
THE BOOK
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| In
search of a rare orchid, Iris arrives on an island in the wild Bass Strait.
She is seduced by the landscape's strange beauty, and by the hope that she
might one day find the flower that haunts her. Noah, the lighthouse keeper,
is as remote as the island he guards; yet Iris is drawn to him. The relationship
that unfolds binds her in a silent, powerful hold. Then a lone sailor is shipwrecked on their shores, and the delicate balance of love, duty and passion changes forever. As tensions rise, Iris comes to realise that three is never a good number for an island. |
| ABOUT THE AUTHOR |
| Joanna Murray-Smith's plays have been produced throughout Australia and all over the world, including the play Honour, which was read by Meryl Streep and produced on Broadway in 1998. Other plays include Nightfall, Redemption, Love Child, Atlanta, Flame and Bombshells, many of which have been translated into other languages and adapted for BBC, Swedish and Australian radio. Her stage and screen writing has been nominated for many awards, and Honour won the Victorian Premier's Literary Award for Drama in 1996. She is the author of one previous novel, Truce, published in 1994. |
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